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At this date , November 15th, there have been grown and shipped out 
of the State of California this season ONE MILLION, ninety-two thousand, 
two hundred and fifty-six crates of plums and cherries alone of varieties 
which were created on my own grounds, besides one large shipping firm 
which could not make a variety report. 
Some SEVEN MILLION BUSHELS of Burbank Potatoes were also grown 
here this season, and unnumbered carloads of Rhubarb, Prunes, and other 
horticultural products can be added for good measure. Need more be said 
in regard to the value of my horticultural creations? 
"How to Judge Novelties, look to their source," and also if possible 
purchase direct from the originator, as many new trees, plants, and seeds 
are grossly misrepresented by a few dealers who trade on the reputation 
of reliable firms, often doing a thriving business by selling seeds, trees, and 
plants in localities where they very well know that they can not thrive; 
this and the substitution of inferior or wholly worthless stock under the 
name and reputation of good ones has been, and is now being carried on 
persistently and systematically by several parties who victimize those who 
deal with them by trading on the reputations of reliable firms. It should 
be the duty and privilege of every good citizen to aid in exposing and routing 
all who are obtaining money under these false pretenses. 
Having been in business more than forty years, millions of trees and tons 
of seeds from my establishment are now growing not only in the Western 
United States, but everywhere on earth where the sun shines and plants 
can be grown. Customers do not complain that the varieties which I have 
sent out are not as represented. Does this record mean anything, and is it 
surprising that such a reputation should be worth trading on? Counterfeit 
coins are not counterfeited — it is the genuine ones that are misrepresented. 
In presenting this list of seeds, I wish to thank the friends and customers 
who have in some cases been purchasers for forty years or more. It is 
exceedingly pleasing to know that the stock produced in and introduced 
from this establishment has now become standards in every country. 
No one who knows them questions their value, and perhaps nothing during 
the past century has more influenced the trend of horticulture, or has tended 
more to remove horticulture from a small branch of agriculture to a veritable 
science by itself. 
The time and expense involved in the production and introduction of most 
of these new plants have been great, as those acquainted with the fads are 
well aware, but it is my aim to place these new varieties in the hands of 
growers as quickly as possible and at as low prices as are consistent with 
sound business, in at least, partially repaying for their production and intro- 
duction. Everything in this Catalogue will be delivered at your door, 
transportation free, except in a few cases where noted. 
